do you remember


the first time you heard a high end system that floored you? For me it was in 1974 at Audio Dimensions in MI .......Quad ESLs driven by a monstrous Audio Research amp.The preamp was an ARC SP3, the turntable was a beautiful Luxman ( I believe) and a cartridge hand delivered by Joe Grado
desoto
It was Quad ESL and Audio Research and a Linn turntable. I remember listening to Lou Reed: Walk on the Wild Side, the way the background vocals kept getting closer and closer with such clarity is something I still remember, even though it was around 1980.

Desoto, Audio Dimensions is still there, just north of Detroit, run by a guy named Harry.
I was at a Detroit builder's show in the early 60's and was stopped in my tracks by a system using JBL's Paragon speaker driven by Marantz model 9's.
This single-cabinet speaker looked spectacular!
Talk about form following function...
888trinity, did you buy the Paragon. I too heard one about the time I heard the Infinity SS1s, I too was struck by the look as well as the sound, but I bought the Infinities and not the JBLs. I have come close at various times to buying the Everests and K2s which followed them.